Confessions of a former Allstate insured
I have decided that it’s time for me to come clean. I used to be insured by Allstate.
I have decided that it’s time for me to come clean. I used to be insured by Allstate.
I know what you’re thinking. First, that the title of the book is Fast Food Nation. And second, that Mr. Schlosser’s book reminds you of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Most people I know would agree that we’re just eating too much high calorie, high Read more…
A recent Arizona Supreme Court ruling could scare away the snowbirds from Arizona (at least for surgeries). The Arizona Supreme Court ruled last week that a jury could award minimal damages to beneficiaries in a wrongful death claim, in this case to Read more…
My regular checkup at the dentist frequently starts off with a discussion about my dental hygiene, but often turns into a legal discussion. My dentist will occasionally tell me to stop talking in legal “mumbo jumbo” (for some reason he Read more…
What is tort reform, anyway? If you look in the dictionary, you’ll see the word tort and the word torture have the same root – the latin word for “twisted”. Think of a tort as torture without criminal intent. Or, Read more…
The short answer is yes.
I hope the answer to this question is no. Nearly twenty years ago, Robert Redford starred in a movie about hackers. One scene in the movie shows them decrypting the phrase “No more secrets.” The recent Pennsylvania case Largent v. Reed (Pa. Common Read more…
The Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, & Richland, Washington) is one of the safest places to drive in the country.
Whether or not you need to file a lawsuit depends on whether the party who injured you, through its insurance company, offers you a fair settlement. Sure, you could accept an unfair settlement and you avoid filing, but we encourage all of our clients who are not being treated fairly to assert their right to have their claim value assessed by a judge or jury.
Many plaintiffs are not being treated fairly. In fact, I got off the phone with an adjuster yesterday who said…
I am frequently asked about the cost of medical negligence claims. The questions usually revolve around why so many people are suing doctors (they aren’t) and why these same people are driving up the cost of health insurance (they aren’t, Read more…